Therefore, the lightning is approximately one kilometer distant for every 3 seconds that elapse between the visible flash and the first sound of thunder (or one mile for every 5 seconds). In the same five seconds, the light could have traveled the Lunar distance four times.
Fort Plain, New York. Fort Plain is a village in Montgomery County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 2,322. The village is named after a fort built during the American Revolution at the junction of the Mohawk River and its tributary Otsquago Creek.
Today Granville NY, lying in the northeastern portion of the county at the confluence of the Mettawee and Indian Rivers, is still a very desirable area. The Mettawee Valley runs north and south with several hamlets interspersed. The village of Granville contains approximately half of the town's population of 5,400.